Two women in 1955 Montgomery Alabama, must decide what they are going to do in response to the famous bus boycott lead by Martin Luther King. Miriam, a well-to-do white woman, must drive to the black section of town to pick up her maid Odessa Cotter and bring her to work. Miriam realizes for the first time just how privileged and self-centered her life has been. Odessa has literally been raising two families, Miriam’s and her own. Odessa has also sacrificed her health and wellbeing to serve her employers. Awakened to the true inequities of "Separate but Equal", and impressed by Dr. King's edict of nonviolent resistance, Miriam joins the boycott.